5 Themes of the Environment Part B

5 Themes for the Philippines 

Location-

Absolute: The capital of the Philippines is Manila, and it is located 14.5833 degrees longitude and 121.0000 degrees latitude 

Relative: The Philippines is located in South-East Asia which is west of the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan.

Human-Envioronment Interaction-

One of the greatest resources the Philippines has is water. There is a lot of marine life and materials that are useful to the people. They also have about 21.5 billion metric tons of metal that they can use on there land. 

Movement-

Philippines is involved with movement in a lot of way one being a big exporter for other countries, this included exporting goods like, electronic products, textile fabrics, iron and steel, grains, plastic, chemicals and more. Along with that they import many goods in return like, copper products, coconut oil and fruits, garments, petroleum products and electronic products. 

Region-

The Philippines is located in South-East Asia the countries in this region are located near the equator which keeps them warm and humid all year long. 

Place-

The Philippines has mostly mountains with narrow coastal land. The climate is always very hot and humid. 

4 Spheres of the Enviornment

1) On December 1st 2014 the typhoon Hagupit also known as typhoon Ruby became the most intense tropical storm, with high winds of 287 km/hr and lasting 12 days. The storm affected the Caroline Islands, Palau, Vietnam and the Philippines. There was a total damage of $114 million(USD) with 18 dead and 916 injured. 
2)The hydrosphere is involved because it was a hurricane and most of the damage was caused by the water. The biosphere is involved because of the people, buildings, houses, plants on land all impacted by the storm. The lithosphere is affected because of the erosion caused by the storm. Lastly the atmosphere is involved because it is the main cause of the hurricane. 
3) The different spheres are interacting with one another by the atmosphere is affecting the lithosphere after it occurs which form with the hydrosphere and then impacts the biosphere and environment after it hits the land. 

Phillipines

2)The Phillipines is located in Asia
3) The capital city is Manila
4) The size of the Phillipines is 300,000 square kilometers
5) The population is 100,617,630
6) The type of government in the Phillipines is Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic